diff --git a/src/event_loop.rs b/src/event_loop.rs
index 447738547..7c7046c9a 100644
--- a/src/event_loop.rs
+++ b/src/event_loop.rs
@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ impl<T> EventLoop<T> {
         MonitorId { inner: self.events_loop.get_primary_monitor() }
     }
 
-    /// Hijacks the calling thread and initializes the `winit` event loop. Can take a
-    /// `FnMut(Event, &EventLoop) -> ControlFlow` or a custom `EventHandler` type.
+    /// Hijacks the calling thread and initializes the `winit` event loop with the provided
+    /// closure. Since the closure is `'static`, it must be a `move` closure if it needs to
+    /// access any data from the calling context.
     ///
     /// Any values not passed to this function will *not* be dropped.
     #[inline]
diff --git a/src/platform/desktop.rs b/src/platform/desktop.rs
index 2aaa9cf21..8e14346ef 100644
--- a/src/platform/desktop.rs
+++ b/src/platform/desktop.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ pub trait EventLoopExtDesktop {
 
     /// Initializes the `winit` event loop.
     ///
-    /// Unlikes `run`, this function accepts non-`'static` closures and  returns control flow to the
-    /// caller when `control_flow` is set to `ControlFlow::Exit`.
+    /// Unlikes `run`, this function accepts non-`'static` (i.e. non-`move`) closures and returns
+    /// control flow to the caller when `control_flow` is set to `ControlFlow::Exit`.
     fn run_return<F>(&mut self, event_handler: F)
         where F: FnMut(Event<Self::UserEvent>, &EventLoop<Self::UserEvent>, &mut ControlFlow);
 }